Java 7/8 for Mavericks上的Eclipse Luna

Question

I'd like to upgrade my eclipse from Kepler to Luna on my OSX Mavericks. I also have some web apps that do not seem to work with Java upgraded beyond the 1.6.0_65 level. Is there a method for installing Java 8 for use with Eclipse Luna, but still retain the 1.6.0_65 version as a default.

Answer 1

Yes, you can have multiple JVMs installed. To set the default JVM to 1.6, set JAVA_HOME to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.6.0_65.jdk/Contents/Home .

To set Eclipse's JVM, follow VonC's instructions for editing eclipse.ini .

However, Eclipse's JVM ¹ is not tied to the JVM which Eclipse uses when running your Java applications. Those are configured in Eclipse Preferences, under Installed JREs.

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_{¹ Eclipse is, of course, a Java application itself, so it runs in a JVM.}